Will this play skyrim at max or ultra settings?

I don't know how demanding skyrimm is but I don't see why not have you check on neweggs prices there 1 tb hard drive such as your was just 64 bucks and I got it today also wouldn't hurt to use a SSD drive a 120 gig drive for your os and use the mechanical drive for files you will see a big improvement. Hope this helps.
 
As for CPU and motherboard, you should wait 1 more week for Haswell to come out. It should get you a bit more power with the ability to further upgrade your components later. As for vga, I suggest taking a HD 7870 XT ( power color 7870 myst edition / club3d 7870 joker,... ) which will get you playable framerate with BF3 on ultra.
 

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Skyrim - Max.
Battlefield 3 - Ultra.
Battlefield 4 - Hard to say, probably High.
Crysis 3 - High.
Black Ops 2 - Max.
Assassin's Creed 3 - Ultra, probably Max.
Assassin's Creed 4 - Again, hard to say, but probably Ultra - I can't see the engine improving much over a single installment.
 


7870 XT is actually a stripped down 7950, which is a bit stronger than normal 7870 at stock clock, but hold much more overclocking potential, in trade for higher power consumption ( but the psu you choose will still be able to handle ).
 

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whats the price different on it?
 


7870 XT should cost the same or a bit higher, depends on whether there was any deal on normal 7870s. They are often priced the same by manufacturers.
 
Not everyone has the cash to burn if you build a pc small start out small and make sure you have room to grow if you start out big then is there any room to grow its a matter of the parts you pick the seasonic power supply is a good find and would serve you well keep in mind if you was building a muscel car you want to be able to expand in time you don't want a corvette engine and a chevette tranny it makes no sense theres a right balance to this. If your new or newer read , read and read some more and do lots of research theres millions of people out there to help you and youtube has tons of vids some helpful some not anyhow the people at toms are very helpful and they do there best to answer all your ? to make your experience better. I have doing pc,s since 1995 and I know what works for me may not work for you but read and read some more we are all here to assit you and good luck.
 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($55.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($65.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card ($219.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 220 ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.94 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $795.13
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-05-31 03:54 EDT-0400)